Situated in Banyuls in the Roussillon, at less than a kilometer from the sea, La Rectorie (7 hectares) was passed down to the Parcé bothers. Having returned to the family property in the 1980s, Thierry and Marc extended their Banyuls production to that of very high quality dry white wines. Work in the vineyard wears the peasant traces of their great-grandmother, Thérèse's roots (animal draught cultivation, manual harvests, use of local grape varieties, etc.). Nowadays, it is managed by Marc and Thierry Parcé, for whom the age of the vines, the use of the ‘original' grape varieties and the controlled yields (20 to 25hl/hectare) are the key to successful vinifications. The domain bottles around 80,000 bottles every year. Most of the production is centered the vinification of Collioures rouges, but La Rectorie also produces white wines as well some Banyuls (15% of production). The wines are not fined.

Made up of 90% Grenache Grise and 10% Grenache Blanche, this cuvée from the famous Domaine de la Rectorie has an expressive bouquet built around notes of honey and white-flesh fruit. The vines face south and are harvested by hand. Once in the winery, the grapes go straight to the press, and after vinification the wine is matured for 8 months on lees. This is a wine with a warming palate. It has a pleasant roundness due to its vinification. An ample cuvée to serve alongside seafood dishes. Why not a prawn salad, a paella or maybe a leek quiche?